Bloomberg Xinyi Energy Holdings Ltd., a Chinese solar farm operator, raised $465 million after pricing its Hong Kong initial public offering near the bottom of a marketed range, people with knowledge of the matter said. The unit of Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. sold 1.88 billion shares at HK$1.94 apiece, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information …

Bloomberg Commercial property deals in Asia had a poor start to the year, but there was one bright spot: Singapore. Commercial property transactions in the city-state jumped 72% year-on-year to $1.9 billion in the quarter ended on March 31, boosted by deals in the office, retail and industrial sectors, according to a report by New York-based Real Capital Analytics Inc. …

Bloomberg The US housing slowdown is turning out to be a gift to apartment landlords. After all, those people who aren’t buying still need somewhere to live. Data from Zillow shows that home-price appreciation continued to slow in April from a year earlier, driven in part by softening West Coast metros like San Jose and Seattle. The company also reported …